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| wəšaḇətî ’ănî wā’erə’eh ’eṯ-kāl-hā‘ăšuqîm ’ăšer na‘ăśîm taḥaṯ haššāmeš wəhinnēh dimə‘aṯ hā‘ăšuqîm wə’ên lāhem mənaḥēm ûmiyyaḏ ‘ōšəqêhem kōaḥ wə’ên lāhem mənaḥēm | Qoh 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. |
| wəšabbēaḥ ’ănî ’eṯ-hammēṯîm šekkəḇār mēṯû min-haḥayyîm ’ăšer hēmmāh ḥayyîm ‘ăḏenāh | Qoh 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. |
| wəṭôḇ miššənêhem ’ēṯ ’ăšer-‘ăḏen lō’ hāyāh ’ăšer lō’-rā’āh ’eṯ-hamma‘ăśeh hārā‘ ’ăšer na‘ăśāh taḥaṯ haššāmeš | Qoh 4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. |
| wərā’îṯî ’ănî ’eṯ-kāl-‘āmāl wə’ēṯ kāl-kišərôn hamma‘ăśeh kî hî’ qinə’aṯ-’îš mērē‘ēhû gam-zeh heḇel ûrə‘ûṯ rûaḥ | Qoh 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| hakkəsîl ḥōḇēq ’eṯ-yāḏāyw wə’ōḵēl ’eṯ-bəśārô | Qoh 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. |
| ṭôḇ məlō’ ḵap̱ nāḥaṯ mimməlō’ ḥāp̱ənayim ‘āmāl ûrə‘ûṯ rûaḥ | Qoh 4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. |
| wəšaḇətî ’ănî wā’erə’eh heḇel taḥaṯ haššāmeš | Qoh 4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. |
| yēš yēš ’eḥāḏ ’eḥāḏ wə’ên wə’ên šēnî šēnî gam gam bēn bēn wā’āḥ wā’āḥ ’ên-’ên-lô lô wə’ên wə’ên qēṣ qēṣ ləḵāl-ləḵāl-‘ămālô ‘ămālô ‘ênô gam-‘ênô lō’-ṯiśəba‘ lō’-‘ōšer ṯiśəba‘ ûləmî ‘ōšer ’ănî ûləmî ’ănî ‘āmēl ûməḥassēr ‘āmēl ’eṯ-ûməḥassēr nap̱əšî ’eṯ-nap̱əšî miṭṭôḇāh miṭṭôḇāh gam-gam-zeh heḇel zeh heḇel wə‘inəyan rā‘ wə‘inəyan hû’ rā‘ hû’ | Qoh 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. |
| ṭôḇîm haššənayim min-hā’eḥāḏ ’ăšer yēš-lāhem śāḵār ṭôḇ ba‘ămālām | Qoh 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. |
| kî ’im-yippōlû hā’eḥāḏ yāqîm ’eṯ-ḥăḇērô wə’îlô hā’eḥāḏ šeyyippôl wə’ên šēnî lahăqîmô | Qoh 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. |
| gam ’im-yišəkəḇû šənayim wəḥam lāhem ûlə’eḥāḏ ’êḵ yēḥām | Qoh 4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? |
| wə’im-yiṯəqəp̱ô hā’eḥāḏ haššənayim ya‘aməḏû neg̱ədô wəhaḥûṭ haməšullāš lō’ ḇiməhērāh yinnāṯēq | Qoh 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
| ṭôḇ yeleḏ misəkēn wəḥāḵām mimmeleḵ zāqēn ûḵəsîl ’ăšer lō’-yāḏa‘ ləhizzāhēr ‘ôḏ | Qoh 4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. |
| kî-mibbêṯ hāsûrîm yāṣā’ liməlōḵ kî gam bəmaləḵûṯô nôlaḏ rāš | Qoh 4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. |
| rā’îṯî ’eṯ-kāl-haḥayyîm haməhalləḵîm taḥaṯ haššāmeš ‘im hayyeleḏ haššēnî ’ăšer ya‘ămōḏ taḥətāyw | Qoh 4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. |
| ’ên-qēṣ ləḵāl-hā‘ām ləḵōl ’ăšer-hāyāh lip̱ənêhem gam hā’aḥărônîm lō’ yiśəməḥû-ḇô kî-g̱am-zeh heḇel wəra‘əyôn rûaḥ | Qoh 4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| šəmōr rag̱ələḵā ka’ăšer tēlēḵ ’el-bêṯ hā’ĕlōhîm wəqārôḇ lišəmōa‘ mittēṯ hakkəsîlîm zāḇaḥ kî-’ênām yôḏə‘îm la‘ăśôṯ rā‘ | Qoh 4:17 [KJV 5:1] Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. |